David Feldman - Europe & All World Collections Thursday, December 6, 2018, at 10:00 CET

234 Lot N° Symbol(s) / Photo Page Cat. N° Estimate ( € ) Europe 51355 51358 51359 51363 51355 CC L18 1863 15c Light blue, De La Rue printing, never hinged and very well centred, very fine & rare, cert. Sorani, Colla (Sass. € 8’500) 750 51356 51357 51356 CC L19a 1863 30c Brown, De La Rue printing, never hinged and perfectly centered (Colla states “ottimamente centrato”), very fine & extremely rare in this quality, possibly the best example known, cert. Colla (Sass. € 55’000) 4’000 51357 CC L20 1863 40C Rose-carmine, De La Rue printing, never hinged and perfectly centred (Colla states “eccezionale freschezza e centratura”), very fine & extremely rare in this quality, cert. Diena, Colla (Sass. € 35’000) 2’400 51358 CC T16 1863-65 Victor Emmanuel 5c Greenish-grey, Turin printing, fine unmounted mint with a few irregular perfs as per illustration, rarity in this condition, cert. Ceremuga 400 51359 CC T17 1863-65 Victor Emmanuel II 10c buff,Turin printing, unmounted mint, very fine and rare in this condition, cert. Ceremuga (Sass. € 4’250) 700 51360 F / 232 T17, 20, 21, 22 1863-65, 2L vermilion +10c ocher +40c red carmine + two 60c lilac, all Torino printing, tied by 13 numeral pmk on insured envelope to Livorno, GENOVA 21 OTT despatch cds alongside, very fine FOUR- COLOUR franking, cert. Colla 1’200 51361 F / 240 1864 Exceptionnal reg’d cover to France franked at 3L30 with 2L +60c +40c +30c tied by Torino 20.12.64 cds, French Chargé cachet on reverse indicating weight (70gr.) and the number of 7 red wax seals, arrival Taninges 22.12 cds, very fine 4-colour franking, directly from a family archive 1’500 51362 F / 240 FIRST DAY OF USE 1865 De La Rue 20c on 15c blue, neatly tied by ANCONA/1.GEN.65 first day cancel, on folded entire to Amendola, showing ASCOLI/2.GEN.65 & AMENDOLA ASCOLI/3.GEN.65 bs, an exceptionally fine usage, cert. Raybaudi (1994), Colla (2017) 2’600 51363 C 24 1865 20c on 15c Blue, type II, mint, fairly good centering for this difficult stamp (Sass. € 6’000 for bad centering, € 16’000 for medium centering) 500